Oh man, I read some wiki articles now. Everything makes sense when you deep dive into it, but it still is so much that you need to connect - but that's exactly what makes Evangelion so much fun to talk about

EVA 01 being made from Lilith really explains why it's a special unit, though. What's kinda crass, though, is that the article I just read implies that Yui is in permanent control of EVA 01, as in: She's there. Shinji controls the EVA 01 regularily, but when he's in trouble, Yui takes over, goes "berserk" and saves him. I wonder how this feels and looks from Yui's own point of view. Is it a more distant "her soul is in there, but she cannot directly control the EVA" or she consciously moving the EVA 01? The latter would mean that ... Shinji's mom is a giant monster, lol. It also makes me question the relationship Gendo had with her. You'd think if Yui was concsious inside the EVA 01, then Gendou would be able to interact with her somehow. Hm.